“Launch out into the deep” (Luke v. 4).
One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the
spirit Of boldness. One of the most essential qualities of the faith that
is to attempt great things for God and expect great things from God, is
holy audacity. Where we are dealing with a supernatural Being, and taking
from Him things that are humanly impossible, it is easier to take much
than little; it is easier to stand in a place of audacious trust than in a
place of cautious, timid clinging to the shore. Like wise seamen in the
life of faith, let us launch out into the deep, and find that all things
are possible with God, and all things are possible unto him that
believeth.
Let us to-day attempt great things for God, take His faith and believe for
them and His strength to accomplish them.
The mercy of God is an ocean divine,
A boundless and fathomless flood;
Launch out in the deep, cut away the shore-line,
And be lost in the fulness of God.
Oh, let us launch out in this ocean so broad,
Where the floods of salvation o’erflow,
Oh, let us be lost in the mercy of God,
Till the depth of His fulness we know.